CCL UK welcomes the government’s new commitment to cut carbon emissions to 78% of the 1990 level by 2035, this is good news indeed! It is also very good to see that the government is committed to tackling emissions from international aviation and shipping. The Committee on Climate Change’s 6th Carbon Budget, published late last…
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada breathed a sigh of relief when the Supreme Court upheld the lawfulness of a carbon fee and dividend pricing, which was instated January 2019. On 25th March 2021, in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the federal government has the right to impose minimum carbon-pricing standards on…
Ever wanted to have a better idea of what the effect of carbon fee and dividend would be on your household bills and how this would change over the years as the carbon-price goes up but emissions go down? Well we’ve just added a Carbon Income Calculator to our new-look website so that you can…
As Kevin Frea, the speaker at last month’s national meeting told us, we need to seize the opportunity offered by these elections to tell our local representatives about Climate Income and gain their support for this brilliant policy. Climate Change is set to be on the agenda; the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, for…
As Kevin Frea, the speaker at last month’s national meeting told us, we need to seize the opportunity offered by these elections to tell our local representatives about Climate Income and gain their support for this brilliant policy. Climate Change is set to be on the agenda; the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, for…
BCAs are currently quite a hot topic. The Sun recently reported that UK Secretary of State for International Trade (Liz Truss) will promote them at the G7 meeting in June. BCAs are also a key component of the EU’s “Green New Deal” and may well be introduced by the EU from the start of 2023.…
I became interested in joining Citizens Climate Lobby after attending an excellent presentation on Climate Income (CF & D) in Devizes from CCL activist Dave Waltham in 2019. After Dave’s talk I decided that the best way to get CCL’s message across to our top politicians was to contact my local MP, who is obliged…
Tuesday catch ups are for members to chat informally or talk on a theme or action, in between monthly meetings (every third Tuesday) or training sessions. Register here (Zoom)
In a change to a previous billing, instead of our usual monthly meeting on Tuesday 20th April, we are joining CCL International’s meeting – choose either Wednesday 21st of 28th April at 3pm, 5pm or, for the night owls, midnight. They are an excellent opportunity to meet other CCL members from around the world plus…
Last Wednesday of the month, 8pm. While the ongoing coronavirus restrictions are in place, we are meeting online, click here to register. Come and meet us to learn about the CCL policy to cut down greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change and how to create political will – learn about lobbying our MP, Danny…
